The 2022 football season opens tonight with a road game between a pair of schools who made the postseason in 2021 and who have crossed paths in the postseason a couple of times as the Bearcats will travel to Pine Bluff to face Dollarway High School.
The Dollarway game was the last one to be set for Head Coach Doc Crowley as the Bearcats were tabbed for a Hootens.com kickoff classic game but multiple pairings fell through.
The Bearcats prepared for the game with a scrimmage at Dardanelle last week, winning 30-14 as Trace Hall scored on three carries that totaled 172 yards and Dax Goff added another 61 yards on the ground in a half of football.
With the videogame like numbers from Hall, the Bearcats averaged 11.1 yards per play. But, Dardanelle also accumulated 232 yards on its 36 plays, 6.6 yards per snap.
The Bearcats, however, did cause three turnovers, recovering a fumble and picking off two passes.
Dollarway, 5-5 in 2021, reportedly did not take part in a scrimmage game.
Mascots: Booneville Bearcats; Dollarway Cardinals (Pine Bluff)
When: 7 pm, 8-26, at Cardinal Stadium
Series: Tied 1-1 (0.500)
Last Meeting: Bearcats 43 Dollarway 12 on 12-13-2013
Streak: Booneville has won last 1
First meeting: Dollarway 22 Bearcats 21 on 12-3-2004
Conference Affiliations: Bearcats are 3A-1, Dollarway is 3A-6
Notes:
Bearcat coaching staff member Cody Harrel ran for 167 yards in the 2013 win over Dollarway.
Both previous meetings between the Bearcats and Cardinals were played in Pine Bluff.
Dollarway was 5-5 overall in 2021, losing to glen rose in the opening round of the playoffs.
This Date In Bearcat Football:
There has never been a Bearcat football game played on August 26. the Bearcats are 3-1 in week zero games after last year's 32-0 win in dardanelle. That win moved the Bearcats to 10-3 all time in games played in August.
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